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Judge sanctions Sidney Powell and other Trump campaign lawyers over failed lawsuit

Attorney Sidney Powell speaking during a news conference in Washington, D.C, in November 2020.

Refugees face a future of rising walls and no safe harbor

Photo of Guatemalan asylum seekers

Man sentenced to 6 years in prison over Michigan governor kidnap plot

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaking at a rally in Southfield in October 2020.
Aug 25, 2021 - Health

Vaccine penalties are here, and it's unclear whether they'll work

Illustration of an airplane taking off on a runway shaped like a syringe
Aug 25, 2021 - World

Up to 1,500 Americans still trying to flee Afghanistan, Blinken says

Federal court upholds death sentence for Charleston church shooter

Dylan Roof appearing in court in July 2015 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Aug 25, 2021 - World

What Israel's Bennett wants from his White House meeting with Biden

Naftali Bennett
Aug 25, 2021 - Economy

Delta Air Lines to add monthly health insurance charge for unvaccinated workers

Delta air lines plane
Aug 25, 2021 - Health

Pentagon orders troops to get COVID-19 vaccine immediately

U.S. Air Force Sgt. receives a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base

DOJ brands Chinese-owned U.S. newspaper a foreign agent

Sing Tao Daily is seen at a newsstand in San Francisco's Chinatown in 2017.

So much for a "green transition": Carbon emissions from power sector soar

Aug 25, 2021 - Economy

OnlyFans suspends plan to ban sexually explicit content after outcry

In this photo illustration, OnlyFans logo of a content subscription service is seen displayed on a smartphone

Schumer: Budget plan key to meeting U.S. goals under the Paris deal

Chuck Schumer.
Aug 25, 2021 - Economy

Best Buy's surprise

Illustration of the yellow Best Buy logo tag with the letters WFH

First look: The growing push for a green Fed

Illustration of a gold coin with a world map etched in it.

How the FCC got boxed out of the broadband push

Illustration of the FCC logo tangled in ethernet cable wires.

First look: House Republicans hit inflation, not Afghanistan

Screengrab of an NRCC ad on inflation
Aug 25, 2021 - Health

ICU beds are running out again

Biden's ugly exit

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid is seen holding a press conference in Kabul.
Updated Aug 25, 2021 - World

In photos: Race to evacuate from Afghanistan

Passengers evacuated from Afghanistan disembark from a British Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus KC2 Voyager aircraft, after landing at RAF Brize Norton station in southern England on August 24
Updated Aug 25, 2021 - World

Reps. Seth Moulton and Peter Meijer visit Kabul amid evacuations

Combined images of Reps. South Moulton and Peter Meijer.
Updated Aug 24, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Colleges crack down on unvaccinated students as campuses reopen

Illustration of a vaccine card as the mortarboard of a graduation cap.
Updated Aug 24, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Supreme Court: Biden must reinstate Trump's "Remain-in-Mexico" policy

Supreme Court building
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